Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44805, Jeremiah Eldridge, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Eldridge, Jeremiah
S. 44805
CONTENTS

44805
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44805
Jeremiah Eldridge Prv. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York 18.088.
Jeremiah Eldridge
of Fort Edward in the State of New York who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cram of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years - war -
Inscribed on the Roll of New York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30th of August 1820.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of March 1821 and sent to the Hon. N. Fletcher Sandy Hill New York
arrears to 4th of March 1821 $41.54 emi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1821 48.00
$ 89.54
Rev
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. 1 May 1820 }
18 " 1818

In the Matter of Jeremiah Eldridge et al Petitioners of Sollicits
⊗ The residence should be set forth so that it may be known that the applicant has made his schedule in the county where he resides.
It is now set forth -
Service admitted being on roll -

State of New York Washington County ss. On this Thirtieth day of August 1820 Jeremiah Wadsworth personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, being a Court of Record because it keeps records of its proceedings, in its jurisdic- tion is unlimited in amount, proceeds according to the course of the Common Law, and has the power of imprisonment; of the said Jeremiah Wadsworth in the County of Washington do hereby certify that he being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 10th March 1818 and the first May 1820, that he the said Jeremiah Wadsworth entitled for the term of three years in the Spring of the year 1777 he thinks, the month he does not recollect, in the State of Rhode Island in the Com- pany commanded by Captain Oliver Clark in the Regi- ment commanded by Colonel Angel in the Line of the State of Rhode Island on the Continental Establish- ment. That he continued to serve in the Service for the said three years in the said Corps until the Expiration of the said three years, when he was discharged from the said Service in Morristown in the State of New Jersey. That immediately thereafter at Morristown afore- said he again enlisted for "during the war" in the Company commanded by Captain Johnson in the Regiment command- ed by Colonel Crane in the Line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment. That he continued to serve in said Corps until the restoration of the Peace when he was discharged from the said Service at West Point in the State of New York in the Spring of the year, the month he does not recollect, nor does he remember the year otherwise than by the event of the Peace. That he was in the Battles of Lexington, Bunker Hill, Red Bank, Monmouth, Springfield, and of Rhode Island

where he was wounded; and that he has no other Evidence as to his power of his Social Services without going to the State of Rhoad Island which he is unable to do. - And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 10 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time, by Gift, Sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled, An Act to provide for certain persons engaged on the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolution any Mr. paper on the 10 th day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for Me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to Me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by Me subscribed. My property, any existing apparent and hidden, excepted, consists of one axe one saw, two shovels, two pails, four bits, & a kettle, one small wheel, three knives and forks and three spoons and two baskets, the whole value of which does not exceed five dollars. By trade I am a Wheelwright and Chair maker, but by reason of my great age can work at the last only, and not much at that. I have no family but reside with one John Ellis with whom I board.
Jeremiah X Elbridge Sworn to and declared on this 30 th day of March August 1820 in open Court
D Shippen Clerk

I Daniel Shipherd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly Copied from the Records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the Opin- -ion of the said Court that the total Amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is five dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 30 th day of August 1830 D. Shipherd Clerk